Notes on results

Results for the complete set of single-peg English Solitaire reversals (where the initial state has a single hole, and the goal state has a single peg in the same position) can be found in [jefferson03]

Fool’s Solitaire

Starting from the initial state:

  XXX        
  XXX        
XXXXXXX   
XXXOXXX  
XXXXXXX   
  XXX        
  XXX

The following dead-end state can be reached in 7 moves (again, see \cite{jefferson03}):

  XXX        
  XOX        
XXXXXXX   
XOXOXOO  
XXXXXXX   
  XOX        
  XOX